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GE Aviation completes initial design of supersonic engine for Aerion AS2

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GE Aviation has completed the initial design of the first supersonic engine purpose-built for business jets. This new engine class, revealed as GE’s Affinity turbofan, is optimized with proven GE technology for supersonic flight and timed to meet the Aerion AS2 launch ( earlier post ).

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How to Boot Up a New Engineering Program

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Starting a new engineering program at a university is no simple task. By 2026, the university will offer an undergraduate engineering degree —but without creating an engineering department. IEEE Spectrum spoke with Seth Fraden, one of the new program’s interim cochairs, about getting a new engineering program up and running.

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design

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Discussions at chip design conferences rarely get heated. But a year ago at the International Symposium on Physical Design , things got out of hand. The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. Wash, rinse, repeat.

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International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

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Thirty-seven globally prominent scientists representing the International Journal of Engine Research have published an open-access editorial addressing the future of the Internal Combustion Engine, and stressing the importance for continued development of more efficient and even lower-emitting technologies. —Reitz et al.

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Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology; “imperfections-immune design”

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With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of Stanford University engineers has for the first time built a tiny computer with 178 transistors made from carbon nanotubes, a semiconductor material that may replace silicon in computer chips. This ‘imperfections-immune design’ (technique) makes this discovery truly exemplary.

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Electromagnetic Modeling and Design of an Actuator

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Designing a complex actuator system involving these. Engineers and scientists can use finite element analysis (FEA) software to design and optimize these systems more efficiently. Speakers Dr. Nirmal Paudel Lead Engineer, Veryst Engineering Dr. Nirmal Paudel is a Lead Engineer at Veryst Engineering.

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Electric Cars Could Fully Recharge In Under 5 Minutes with New Charging Station Cable Design

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Article courtesy of Purdue University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Purdue University engineers have invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes – about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank.

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